Sheep into Meat
In the freezer, labeled by name in addition to date and cut, so we can see how the taste varies. Adam the butcher came and helped us dispatch the lambs with care and respect. It was an educational and affecting event, and I’m really glad we did it this way instead of hauling them to […]
Undoing
With each rusty earth pin pulled up, I remember the day I put them in, shiny new. Each scrap of half-degraded twine I recover from edges of beds recalls spring’s unrolling and tying fresh orange kerosine-scented definers. Pulling out poles, dismantling bean town, rolling up row cover, composting squash vines. All the undoing. Transforming the […]
First Frost
It did indeed frost last night. Heavily. The difference in the color and visible aliveness of the tender plants is obvious even as the frost had melted off in the early morning sun on the field. This image is from the shady area behind the barn where the frost was still hanging on. Dead are […]
End of a Season
The forecast tonight calls for 31F and a freeze warning is in effect. I spent a few hours this evening collecting all of the peppers, eggplants, and tomatoes that might possibly get ripe off the vine. A few watermelons were left, and I brought them in, too. Some of them sound like nobody’s home (knocking […]
solar pump is in effect
there is still a lot left to do to tune this system to say nothing of committing to an install, but the proof of concept works for moving water to the drip irrigation system next year. This year i pumped up to the water barrels in the field with a $100 12v 3.8A solar pump. […]
CSA dinner @ staci’s
we all got together for a potluck at staci’s. it is a truly luxurious experience to have people cook food that you grew.
we are feeding ourselves
it dawned on us that we are likely growing enough food to feed ourselves. granted there are many things that we do not grow, but even if you looked at what we sell and trading it for what we dont have we could survive on a limited diet. to really make the claim that we […]
